Students across America are coming up on graduation season, and Dan Barkus wanted to be sure his family could spot him in the crowd. Naturally, a little tinkering was necessary.

His LED graduation cap displays full-color animated graphics. He can even text phrases to the hat and they’ll scroll across: “finally done” and “hi mom” is what he goes for in this demo. (We’re not sure if there’s a character limit, but might we suggest “Hey, does anyone else think this speech about joining the workforce and pursuing our dreams is a bit hackneyed?”)